There’s an adage: “Don’t poke the bear.” It basically means don’t add fuel to a fire that can get out of hand. That’s what Truman High School basketball fans discovered Friday night as a large, hand-painted sign, hanging about the standing room only student section read: Any Other College > MSSU.
Riley Ragan finally felt the joy of being a state qualifier. The William Chrisman senior not only punched his first ticket to the MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships this week in Columbia, he is going as a district champion.
Grace Slaughter says the tears are over and that it’s time to put on her game face – her rehab game face. The Grain Valley High School junior, a two-time all-state guard and two-time Examiner Player of the Year who has verbally committed to Missouri, will miss the rest of this season with a torn ACL.
Truman girls basketball coach Jimmy Page was eager to see how his team would respond Thursday after a tough loss earlier in the week. The Patriots traveled north on Noland Road to face rival William Chrisman after falling 53-41 Monday to a Grain Valley team playing without injured all-state star Grace Slaughter.
From 2015 to 2017, Lee’s Summit North girls basketball coach Tricia Lillygren had a dominant sister duo in Aiyana and Aaliyah Johnson. Both were forwards and controlled the paint on offense and defense.
A little visualization can go a long way when you play as seldom as Kendall Blanton, the Rams tight end who spent 2019 and 2020 on the practice squad and played four or fewer snaps in 12 of 20 games this season.
ALLEN, Texas — Kansas City Mavericks coach Tad O'Had said his team needed to take a playoff mentality to Allen, where they were scheduled to play three ECHL Mountain Division games against the Americans.
The Blue Springs South girls basketball team used a strong defensive effort to put itself in position for a conference title. The Jaguars held host Raymore-Peculiar to single digits in three of four quarters on the way to a 53-26 rout of the Panthers in a Suburban Big Eight Conference matchup Thursday.
Chiefs fans hopefully have had time to lick their wounds following the disappointing loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. It is time to evaluate the decisions that can lead the team to a solution to evolve into a better team.
We have unwanted visitors in our waterways. Sadly, the species mention in this column are conservation disasters.